Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-17
GATHERED FACTS,

MEXICO total debt is ST so, 100000.
A NEW white rose that lasts well is
called the Puritan.
New YORK CITY claims to begrowing
at the rate of $4,000 year.
JOHN WHITLoCK, Of Birmingham,
Conn.,, owns 81 clock Of 1896.
BLACK diphtheria is raging in one
portion Of Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
Groom to let, up too fites," is a
sign on Merrimac Street, Boston.
A SARATOGA family supports itself by
selling pea blossoms at the hotel.
THERE is g. Methodist preacher in
st. Mary's, o., named John l.. Sulli-
van.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., was made the
capital of the United States July 8,
1892.
NINETY SIX per cent. OF the found
lings OF Montreal die. They are farm
ed out.
THIS years. California wine crop
promises to be one of the largest in the
history OF the state.
THERE are thirty-two summer re-.
sorts along the Atlantic coast be-
tween c tpe May and Long Branch.
A LETTER received at a country post
Office in New Hampshire addressed
can OK" was delivered to Miss Ann
Knox.
Book AGENTS. the lady OF the house
in? Servant maid-There are two of
US. Which do you want to see?-
| It'd Bits.
| A NEWPORT (Mass.) woman COM
mitted suicide because of the annoy
ance to which she was subjected while
building a cottage.
Brook COUNTY, Ca, shipped North
this season 200 car loads of water
melons, st an average OF over 500
| profit on each car.
The Edgar Thompson Steel Works,
Braddock, Penn, are the largest steel
rail mills in the world. The grounds
contain thirty five acres.
A SETTER water bottle burst in q
Bridgeport Conn., hotel lately and
the flying glass cut the landlord very
| badly about the head and face.
ISN'T it strange that rooster
should crow, and crow should hawk,
and q hawk should fly, and fly
should flee Philadelphia Herald.
A MAN who didn't like his table
waiter at Philadelphia hotel threw
pumpkin pie at him, and the throw
cost him fine Of $40 and S18 costs.
THE BARRIERS of Columbus, Ohio, are
on strike. They have been getting
So for shaving dead men, and the
citizens kicked against paying the
price.
The twin question is settled. An
inscription on q tombstone in Win
ted, Conn, has this deeply cut in
scripticn in the marble: H3 infant
twins
ELKHART, Ind, is described as q
town IL which no one is rich, but in
which every one is able to have three
square meals a day and chicken on
Sunday.
A MEMBER of the New York Thirteen
Club has died at the age Of 34-found
dead in his chair in his office. Now
the unbelle ers cry aloud: 81 told
you SOL"
THERE were 6O,636 births in Paris
last year. There were 57,O92 deaths
during the same period, OF which more
than 10000 were due to pulmonary
diseases.
BLoBsoN-Don't you think simp-
kins is q very bright young man !?
Dumpsey Well-yes; he would be if
his cheek was polished Burlington
Free Press.
A FISHING retreat near Kingston, n.
Y, known for years and years as
"Sucker Hole" turns up in g. tourist
guide book this season as ''Tne Old
Mans Ravine."
The German Postal Department
admits sample packages OF liquids at
reduced rates to and from this
country, under an order that went in
to effect July L.
A DREssN1AKER in Portland, Ore,
got mad at g. neighbor in thereon be-
neathand, cutting hole in the floor,
doused the other woman while in bed
with hot water.
MAGISTRATE to policeman =
What's the charge against this man
Policeman--He asked me if it was hot
enough for me. Magistrate-Six
months New York Sun.
A PORTRAIT Of Henry George shows
his lips pressed tightly together. Even
people who never saw him will say
that such q picture is Inaccurate
Philadelphia North American.
KATE SCREToN, a. Cory penn girl,
thought death was preferable to mar
riage, and tried to commit suicide with
arsenic. She recovered and has de-
termined to get married after all.
KING DAvID's treasure amounted to
100000. Reduced to tons it would
be 6, $50, sufficient to load 1880
camels made into rod one inch
square it would reach 100000 feet,
or 1861 miles.
AN inclination of one inch in fifteen
miles is sufficient to give motion to
water An inclination of three inches
per mile in g. straight, smooth channel
will give q velocity of three miles per
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